A Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has ordered the remand of Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, alongside his lawyer, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, in Kuje Correctional Centre.

The development was disclosed by another sibling of the IPOB leader, Kanunta Kanu, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), where he alleged a coordinated plot by the executive, legislative, and judicial arms of government to frustrate Kanu’s trial scheduled for Thursday.

“The magistrate sitting in Kuje remanded Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case, and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, his youngest brother. This is a conspiracy by the executive, legislature, and judiciary to frustrate Kanu’s trial on Thursday,” Kanunta wrote.

It will be recalled that the Nigeria Police had earlier arraigned Ejimakor, Emmanuel Kanu, and 10 others in connection with a protest held in Abuja on Monday.

Court documents shared by the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, on X, revealed that the defendants were charged with inciting disturbance and breach of public peace.

According to the charge sheet, the suspects were accused of obstructing vehicular movement, infringing on other citizens’ right to movement, and chanting war songs while demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu.